Symptoms of dysentery in babies Pay attention to these 6 situations

Baby dysentery is a common gastrointestinal infectious disease in infants and young children, also known as "diarrhea", which means that the baby has a very frequent bowel movement within a certain period of time, and the stool is thin, sometimes with undigested food or even blood and sticky liquid in the intestines. There are usually complications such as incontinence, abdominal distension and abdominal pain, which are more common in summer and autumn. Let's take a look at the symptoms of baby dysentery .

Symptoms of diarrhea in babies

1. Incubation period

The incubation period is theoretically between a few hours and a week, usually between one or two days, during which the baby does not feel any obvious discomfort.

2. Common dysentery

(1) Defecation

Defecation symptoms usually come on violently and very quickly. The baby may defecate more than ten times a day, with a strong sense of adhesion and pus and blood left.

(2) Complications

There will be obvious abdominal distension and pain, and the baby will also have complications such as weakness in the limbs, nausea, vomiting, and inability to swallow.

3. Mild dysentery

(1) Defecation

The baby has three or four bowel movements a day, with some pus and blood in the stool, and sometimes viscous intestinal fluid. But the symptoms will ease within two or three days.

(2) Complications

There are no obvious complications, and a low-grade fever may occur.

4. Severe dysentery

(1) Defecation

At this time, children may have diarrhea dozens of times a day, and the stool will contain pus and blood.

(2) Complications

At this time, the baby's symptoms are more serious, with severe abdominal pain, vomiting, and possible coma and poisoning.

5. Toxic dysentery

(1) Population affected

It usually occurs in younger babies. Babies between 2 and 7 years old are most susceptible to toxic dysentery, but its symptoms usually appear within one or two days.

(2) Symptom characteristics

The disease progresses rapidly and the baby will have a high fever, coma or even shock. The symptoms of poisoning are obvious and the condition is very serious.

6. Chronic dysentery

(1) Population affected

The affected population is generally concentrated in babies who are more than two months old, and those with congenital malnutrition, rickets or anemia. If some babies do not receive proper treatment after atypical acute dysentery, the symptoms will often be delayed and difficult to recover, and then turn into chronic diseases.

(2) Symptom characteristics

At this time, the baby's body temperature may be normal or he may have a low fever. The bowel movements will change but it cannot be determined. Sometimes mucus will be present, and sometimes mucus and pus and blood will appear alternately.